May 28, 2012
The following articles have been tagged with "Pharmacy":
Science & Technology: 11 May 12
One in three Swedish women say no to sex due to the fear of farting during the act, according to a new report, while men are only half as likely to forego sex over concerns about breaking wind.
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Science & Technology: 12 Feb 12
Medicinal cannabis is now available as a prescription medicine in Sweden after the Medical Products agency approved a cannabis-based mouth spray for the treatment of multiple sclerosis.
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Business & Money: 14 Nov 11
Finance minister Anders Borg announced plans on Monday to close loopholes in the Swedish tax code following criticism that healthcare companies are using complicated schemes to avoid paying taxes in Sweden.
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National: 13 Oct 11
A major shopping centre in Kalmar in southern Sweden was ravaged by fire on Wednesday night in a blaze police believe was intentionally set.
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Science & Technology: 18 Aug 11
Doctors in Sweden may soon be writing prescriptions for cannabis, as authorities are close to approving a new cannabis-based mouth spray aimed at patients suffering from multiple sclerosis (MS).
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Business & Money: 13 Jul 11
Despite fresh figures showing that more than 70 percent of all emails sent in Sweden in June were spam, experts say that this is the lowest level circulated worldwide since 2008.
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Business & Money: 8 Jul 11
Sweden's privately-owned pharmacies are suffering from financial troubles. The largest player on Sweden's pharmacy market, Apotek Hjärtat, has reported a loss of 358 million kronor ($56.4 million) after taxes, according to Swedish media reports.
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Politics: 22 May 11
The Green Party's Congress has decided to push for a ban on the sales of arms for military purposes and will continue its position that Sweden cease all non-UN-led missions, amongst other decisions.
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Science & Technology: 12 May 11
After mistakenly pricking twelve people with the same surgical instrument during a regular health check, a local branch of Swedish pharmacy chain Doc Morris is now trying to contact those who might have been affected.
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Business & Money: 10 Jan 11
UK pharmacy chain Alliance Boots has confirmed its imminent plans to enter the Swedish pharmacy market in the first quarter of this year.
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Business & Money: 3 Jan 11
State-owned Apoteket AB, which until summer 2009 was the only pharmacy operator in Sweden, still holds a special position in the market despite deregulation, according to a recent report.
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Society: 28 Dec 10
Around 15 percent of teenage girls in Stockholm take non-prescription painkillers every week or several times a week - to combat stress, pain, sleeping disorders and to lose weight.
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Business & Money: 29 Nov 10
Sweden's Apoteket and Systembolaget were rated highest by their customers, according to a new measurement of retail outlets gauging customer satisfaction.
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Society: 13 Oct 10
Ann Carlsson, who will take over as CEO of state-owned pharmacy chain Apoteket AB in November, has won this year's 'Ruter Dam' award for the most influential female executive in Sweden.
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Analysis & Opinion: 23 Sep 10
The 2010 Swedish general election has left Swedes facing a radically changed political landscape, writes The Local's James Savage.
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Analysis & Opinion: 21 Sep 10
With the final results hinging on a few thousand advance ballots, the 2010 elections marked a major shift in Swedish politics, while at the same time showing the power of a strong economy, writes contributor Roger Choate.
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Society: 9 Sep 10
An anxious elk cow with swollen udders shattered two windows as it dashed into a health clinic near Borås in western Sweden on Wednesday, startling personnel who then called police and local hunters for help.
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Education: 18 Aug 10
Three Swedish universities, Karolinska Institute (KI) and Uppsala and Stockholm Universities, made the top 100 of the Academic Ranking of World Universities compiled annually by Shanghai Jiao Tong University.
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National: 4 Jun 10
A 40-year-old man has been charged over a bungled raid on a Malmö pharmacy which left him with his pants down after he fell into a bush with the loot, only to be caught on film by a passer-by.
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Science & Technology: 19 May 10
Overuse of common over-the-counter painkillers can cause chronic headaches, according to an ongoing Swedish study, with women the worst hit.
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Society: 13 Apr 10
The birth of a foal at a farm in northern Sweden caused confusion on Saturday when social services were called in to investigate reports of an unregistered baby.
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National: 6 Apr 10
Despite the end of the Swedish pharmacy monopoly, prices for non-prescription medications have remained high and there is little sign of price competition between the new market actors.
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National: 10 Feb 10
Stefan Carlsson, CEO of Sweden's state-run Apoteket pharmacy chain, is to receive a 5.4 million kronor ($740,000) severance payment after being asked to leave his post in August of this year.
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Business & Money: 24 Jan 10
The international pharmacy group, Alliance Boots, plans to open Boots branded pharmacies on Swedish high streets in a joint venture with the Swedish company Farmacevtföretagarna.
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Business & Money: 18 Jan 10
The first private pharmacy since 1971 opened for business in Sweden on Sunday following an inauguration by Swedish Health and Social Affairs minister Göran Hägglund.
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Business & Money: 9 Nov 09
Sweden has secured buyers for some 465 pharmacies up for sale as part of the demonopolization of the country's retail drug market.
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Politics: 1 Nov 09
The Social Democrats welcomed their centre-left coalition partners, the Green and Left parties, to their ongoing conference on Sunday - the first time outside parties have taken part.
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Business & Money: 9 Oct 09
Swedish retailer ICA has announced plans to open 100 pharmacies across the country. The first stores will open in the spring of 2010 and will sell both prescription and non-prescription drugs.
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National: 24 Sep 09
A nurse at an eldercare home in Norrbotten in northern Sweden was left with burns to her left hand as residual traces of an alcohol-based hand disinfectant set alight while pushing a trolley.
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Business & Money: 22 Sep 09
Sweden’s government is set to replace the board of directors of the Apoteket AB pharmacy monopoly because the current board won’t accept the government’s rules for deregulation.
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Business & Money: 24 Aug 09
Swedish state-owned pharmacy chain Apoteket has confirmed that it plans to cooperate with supermarket chain Ica over the in-store sale of non-prescription and prescription drugs.
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National: 5 Aug 09
A commercial for skincare products that features Swedish supermodel Adina Fohlin has made a major splash, although not quite the one that Swedish pharmacy chain Apoteket was hoping for.
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Society: 1 Jul 09
Swedish is now officially considered the main language in Sweden, according to a new language law which, along with more than two dozen other laws, took effect on Wednesday.
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Business & Money: 1 Jul 09
German pharmaceutical company Celesio has revealed plans to open a chain of more than 100 pharmacies in Sweden.
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Society: 1 Jul 09
Sweden’s state-run pharmacy monopoly ended on Wednesday, paving the way for new entrants into the market for drug sales and for the eventual sale of non-prescription drugs in other retail outlets.
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Society: 15 Jun 09
A Swedish government inquiry has proposed establishing a national abortion register and distributing free contraceptives to students over fifteen in a bid to lower the number of unwanted pregnancies and abortions.
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Business & Money: 5 May 09
Almost two-thirds of the branches of Swedish state-owned pharmacy Apoteket could be privatized, according to a proposal from the company tasked by the government with breaking up the monopoly.
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Science & Technology: 13 Apr 09
Sales of hay fever medicines and vaccinations continue to rise in Sweden despite a levelling off in the number of allergies. As spring arrives demand is set to explode.
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Business & Money: 6 Apr 09
Swedish department store chain Åhlens has said it plans to begin operating pharmacies on its premises if the country's pharmaceutical retail monopoly ceases to exist this summer.
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National: 4 Apr 09
An elderly woman in Karlshamn in southern Sweden went to her local pharmacy to get a prescription to treat her headaches. She was instead given a potentially lethal treatment against breast cancer.
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Business & Money: 20 Feb 09
The government presented a bill on Friday that would allow Swedes to buy non-prescription drugs in shops other than the state-run pharmacies, bring the country closer to discarding the Apoteket pharmacy monopoly.
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National: 7 Jan 09
Hackers on Tuesday night accessed an email account used by the head of the Original Gangsters (OG) criminal gang and later published the correspondence on a popular internet forum.
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Lifestyle: 31 Dec 08
As 2008 draws to a close, The Local takes a look back at some of the stories that caught our attention over the last twelve months.
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Society: 10 Sep 08
Around 45,000 people over age 75 were given anti-psychotic drugs last year despite questions about the medical necessity of the prescriptions.
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Society: 24 Aug 08
The number of abortions performed in Sweden increased by 17 percent between 2000 and 2007. The declining use of the contraceptive pill is to blame, experts argue.
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Business & Money: 22 Aug 08
'Yes' washing-up liquid is Sweden's most loved brand with around 2.5 million Swedes big fans of the soapy detergent, according to a new report.
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Business & Money: 14 Aug 08
Swedish state-owned pharmacy monopoly Apoteket's sales of sex toys have far exceeded expectations, doubling original sales projections.
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Society: 11 Aug 08
Swedish state-run pharmacy Apoteket has been reported to the Swedish Equal Opportunities Ombudsman agency JämO for only selling sex toys suitable for women, thus apparently discriminating against men.
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Society: 14 Jul 08
Climate concerns are never far away it seems. Even the most intimate of female monthly rituals carries an eco-friendly alternative.
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Business & Money: 5 Jun 08
The break-up of the Apoteket pharmacy monopoly will be pushed back another six months, according to Minister of Health Göran Hägglund.
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Society: 20 May 08
Sweden’s state run pharmacy Apoteket is buzzing at the prospect of selling a new range of vibrators and other sex toys.
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Business & Money: 9 May 08
Sweden's parliament has voted in favour of plans to open up the country's market for prescription and non-prescription drugs to competition.
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Travel: 21 Apr 08
After a gruelling day in the saddle Bernie Friend looks forward to a beer at the Swedish Tourist Association (STF) hostel in Åsa. But the proprietor has other ideas.
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National: 9 Apr 08
The prescribing of antidepressants for people over 75-years-old has increased dramatically since 2000.
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Society: 6 Mar 08
Sweden's state-run pharmacy chain Apoteket has announced that it is to begin selling sex toys in order to satisfy demand from customers.
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Business & Money: 15 Feb 08
Confidence in retail sales among Sweden’s merchants has hit a record low.
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National: 11 Feb 08
Governments on the right and the left seldom utilize outside advice when selling state assets.
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Society: 25 Jan 08
A Swedish multiple sclerosis patient is to go to jail for one year for smoking cannabis. The court said her belief in the healing properties of cannabis was 'an aggravating factor.'
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Society: 8 Jan 08
A government inquiry has proposed the dismantlement of Sweden's state-owned pharmaceutical retail monopoly Apoteket.
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Business & Money: 19 Dec 07
Sweden's parliament has voted to allow the sale of nicotine replacement products in stores other than Apoteket.
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Business & Money: 8 Oct 07
Plans by Sweden's state-owned pharmacy, Apoteket, to start a joint venture with American prescription management company Medco have been slammed by the Swedish Competition Authority as a potential abuse of Apoteket's monopoly.
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Society: 19 Sep 07
Swedes will soon for the first time be able to buy anti-smoking treatments alongside cigarettes, after the government announced plans to end the Apoteket state pharmacy's monopoly on selling the products.
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Society: 28 Apr 07
Hayfever sufferers in Sweden may have already noticed the first eye-itching and sneezes that herald the onset of summer, but this year's pollen season has so far been far less punishing than last year.
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Business & Money: 2 Mar 07
The Swedish government has presented a bill to parliament to sell state holdings in six companies, including Vin & Sprit, owner of the Absolut Vodka brand.
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Business & Money: 14 Dec 06
Curious investors can now put six of Sweden's state-owned companies on their Christmas shopping lists.
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Society: 14 Dec 06
The Apoteket chain's 35 year old pharmaceutical monopoly in Sweden will probably cease to exist on 1 January, 2009, says Social Affairs Minister Göran Hägglund.
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National: 27 Nov 06
Cut-price supermarkets such as Netto and Lidl get low marks from Swedish consumers, who prefer traditional retail giants. Customers of Apoteket and Systembolaget would like to see the back of the monopolies.
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Business & Money: 13 Nov 06
Plant-based medicines should continue to be sold in normal shops, rather than control being handed to the state's Apoteket monopoly, an official inquiry has recommended.
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Science & Technology: 11 Nov 06
Sweden's state pharmacy Apoteket is withdrawing a home testing kit for chlamydia after new research showed that only six out of ten infected people were diagnosed by the test.
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Science & Technology: 9 Nov 06
Swedish pharmacy chain Apoteket recently opened an online store, and products of an intimate nature are proving immensely popular.
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Society: 26 Sep 06
They possibly hold the key to helping the world deal with climate change, and to curing diseases such as cancer. But today's young researchers don't just know their science - they can talk the talk too.
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Science & Technology: 28 Aug 06
Starting on Monday, Sweden's pharmacy chain, Apoteket, will offer prescription medicines over the Internet and deliver them direct to customers' homes.
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Society: 25 May 06
It will soon be a year since Sweden banned smoking in bars and restaurants, and opinion is now overwhelmingly in favour. The restaurant industry says it has not lost out, and only 21 percent of smokers are opposed.
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Science & Technology: 23 Feb 06
Apoteket, Sweden's state run pharmacy chain, is going to have to break its addiction to nicotine gum and other medicines to help smokers quit. A government inquiry proposes making it available in the same places that sell tobacco.
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Society: 3 Feb 06
Sweden's state-owned pharmacy Apoteket is to get some competition from its former CEO, who has set up a rival in Estonia to supply drugs to Swedes. We can supply medicine much cheaper, he says.
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Society: 25 Jan 06
In a survey of Swedish attitudes towards society, companies and the economy, private dentists come out on top and the police rank lowest. So next time you're robbed, call a dentist.
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National: 11 Jan 06
After hearing "a scratching sound" a Swedish woman had her ear cavity cleaned out - revealing a black spider who had been there for almost a month. She is now suffering from Earachnophobia.
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National: 2 Dec 05
Sweden's largest provider of over-the-counter financial services, Svensk Kassaservice, is to close from July 2007, according to a proposal expected before Christmas.
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Business & Money: 21 Nov 05
Swedes prefer to shop at the ICA supermarket chain, are satisfied with Apoteket, the state-run pharmacy, and think that Systembolaget has improved since last year. The best DIY store is Beijer.
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Science & Technology: 11 Nov 05
Panic over bird flu is being blamed for record sales of influenza drug Tamiflu. Experts are warning that there could be shortages, but Apoteket insists they have plenty in store.
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Business & Money: 7 Nov 05
Sweden's state-owned pharmacy sees profits fall despite an increase in turnover. The company is losing money on prescription drugs, its interim report says.
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Science & Technology: 24 Oct 05
After a couple of massive orders of Tamiflu, the anti-viral drug will now be provided in batches of no more than ten packets. Sweden's Medical Products Agency fears that corporate orders could create a shortage of the drug.
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Politics: 5 Oct 05
Sweden's state-run pharmacy gave out brochures explaining the latest budget in its stores. Propaganda, cries the opposition. But were they on the shelves with the hard-to-swallow pills - or the suppositories?
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National: 20 Aug 05
640 cleaners plus 100 office staff at Apoteket are to lose their jobs as the company implements a major dose of cost savings.
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Science & Technology: 16 Jun 05
Some non-prescription drugs could be sold in normal stores from next year, health minister Ylva Johansson says, appearing to signal a more flexible approach to the future of Apoteket's monopoly.
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National: 1 Jun 05
Government minister, Ylva Johansson, comes out with all guns blazing after the European Court appeared to rule state pharmacist Apoteket an illegal monopoly. Not so, she says: re-write a few contracts, bring in some new rules and it'll be business as usual.
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National: 31 May 05
Apoteket, Sweden's state-owned pharmacy, is to lose its monopoly status after an EU court ruled that the organisation discriminates against medicinal preparations from other EU countries.
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Smörgåsbord: 24 Mar 05
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Science & Technology: 5 Feb 05
Sweden's state-owned pharmacy, Apoteket, has lost control over the distribution of Concerta, a variety of the Ritalin drug for children diagnosed with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.
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Science & Technology: 27 Jan 05
Reinforcing all the old stereotypes about saucy Swedes, a couple from Västmanland are puckering up for an attempt at the world's longest kiss - all in the name of toothcare.
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Society: 23 Jul 04
Online sales of illegal drugs are booming - but the state pharmacy, Apoteket, can't seem to shift a thing through its web site.
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Business & Money: 21 May 04
Members of the caring profession have always enjoyed a bit of TLC themselves - from the drugs companies. Not for much longer.
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